James Chandler's Page

PADI Master Instructor
Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer
Co-Founder Scuba Outfitters of Naples
Travel Program Coordinator

Born: Huntington, West Virginia
Became a PADI Professional: 2004
Became a PADI Instructor: January 2006
Favorite Course as a Student: PADI Divemaster
Favorite Course to Teach: PADI Rescue Diver
Full time occupation: Attorney with the Law Office of David T. Agoston (Criminal & Family Law)

Diving Interests: Wrecks, Deep Wrecks, Search & Recovery, Lobstering, Teaching
Favorite underwater creatures: Turtles, Rays, and Sharks
Favorite Dive Destination: Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia), but Bloody Bay Wall (Little Cayman) and Fiji are close seconds

After becoming a PADI Open Water Diver (in a cold dark lake in Kentucky) he was a diver and lifeguard at Walt Disney World where he conducted maintenance and search and recovery dives in the EPCOT Resorts area. A couple years later Jamie took his PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course during a spring break trip in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

"The Biggest Mistake I ever made was waiting so long to continue my diving education. Once certified I thought I could do anything underwater and had a lot of time underwater, but once I achieved additional ratings and education, it was clear that the Open Water class just scratches the surface." - James Chandler

Living in Colorado at the time he completed his PADI Rescue Diver, PADI Master Scuba Diver, PADI Divemaster, and PADI Assistant Instructor, Emergency First Response Instructor and worked on staff at A-1 Scuba and Travel Center in Denver, Colorado. Permanently returning to Florida in 2005 he completed his training to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor in January 2006. Since then he has continued his professional education, obtaining his Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating in 2007. In 2008 Jamie went on to become an IDC Staff Instructor, allowing him to teach every class from Open Water Diver thru Assistant Instructor and over 20 different Specialties. In 2009 Jamie completed the numerous requirements to become a PADI Master Instructor, the highest instructor rating in the PADI System.

Jamie has been an Emergency First Response Instructor since 2004, and is now an Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer.

Prior to the formation of SCUBA OUTFITTERS OF NAPLES, Jamie was an instructor at Naples Dive Center and has certified over 250 students in the sunny warm Florida waters.

Jamie has dived in such dive destinations as Australia, Fiji, all three Cayman Islands, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Mexico, all over Florida, and Colorado, just to name a few.

Jamie has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from West Virginia University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver, College of Law, and remains a loyal Mountaineer fan.

In his spare time he likes to...well, he has no spare time. But if he did he would travel more.